Disposal site needed before dredging

The program, as stated, to dredge 760,800 cubic yards in 90 days, will require a minimum of 200 to 250 barge loads to a staging area - transported and unloaded at an upland site - not yet acquired. Time required for acquisition, the environmental review process and public comment periods for site acquisition and approval of the disposal site is most improbable to allow dredging to start by Aug. 1.

That Brian Conybeare (Gov. Andrew Cuomo's special adviser on the project) declined to comment on possible delays is significant.

If Army Corps of Engineers and New York state Department of Environmental Conservation permit requirements are waived, it will set a precedent when permitting for future public and private dredging projects in the Hudson River.

Charles E. Pound

Armonk

The writer is president of Aqua Dredge Inc.

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